Roy James Ziegler

Monday

Jan 21, 2013 at 12:01 AM

Roy James Ziegler, 99, of East Stroudsburg, passed away Saturday afternoon, Jan. 19, 2013, at Pleasant Valley Manor, Hamilton Township. He was predeceased by his wife, Vivian (Fredericks) Ziegler, who passed away on March 8, 1998; they shared 55 years of marriage.

Mr. Ziegler was born on May 11, 1913, in Fultonville, N.Y. He was a son to the late Charles Roy and Alice (England) Ziegler. Roy graduated from Butler High School, Butler, N.J., in 1932 and Pratt Institute of Science and Technology, Manhattan, N.Y., in 1940 with a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering. He primarily worked in the fragrance industry, with the exception of four and one-half years during which he served his country in the U.S. Army during World War II.

He was a member of First Reformed Church of Pompton Plains, N.J.

Preceding him in death, in addition to his parents and wife, was a brother, Harold Conrad Ziegler.

Surviving are his nieces: Susan Reycraft and her husband, Joel, of Palm City, Fla.; Carolyn Kavanaugh and her husband, Frank, of Asbury, N.J.; Donna Van Kirk and her husband, Larry, of Saline, Mich.; and Barbara Fredericks of Oak Ridge, N.J.

Graveside funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 23, at First Reformed Church of Pompton Plains Cemetery, Pompton Turnpike, Pompton Plains, N.J., with the Rev. Kathleen Edwards-Chase, pastor of First Reformed Church, officiating. Interment will follow the service.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to your choice of medical research hospitals.